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Knox Martin

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b. 1923, USA

A colleague of Willem De Kooning and Franz Kline, Knox Martin is an esteemed New York School painter. Embracing pattern, geometric structure, and organic and figurative references, his painting engages with major Post-war trends, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field Painting, and Pop Art, without adhering to any singular artistic movement. His large-scale paintings of the 1960s employ a collage aesthetic, combining geometric forms with fields of stripes and polka dots in a bold palette of black and white, vibrant green, red, blue, and yellow. Beginning in the 1970s, the female nude, a favorite subject of De Kooning's, became a key theme in Martin's painting, where it is playfully fragmented and rearranged. The female form becomes a vehicle for abstraction and a reference to art historical lineages and the creative process of art making. Martin's series of women paintings culminated in two major public commissions, _Venus _(1970), a twelve story mural at 19th Street and the West Side Highway, and Woman with Bicycle (1979) at West Houston and MacDougal Street (covered 2002).

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Born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1923 Martin moved to New York City in 1927. After serving in World War II, he attended the Art Students League of New York on the G.I. Bill from 1946-1950, where he studied with Harry Sternberg, Vaclav Vytlacil, Will Barnet, and Morris Kantor. Among his fellow students at the League were Robert Rauschenberg, Al Held, and Cy Twombly. In 1954, at Franz Kline's recommendation, Martin's work was included in the prestigious Stable Gallery annual exhibition. That same year, his career was launched by his first solo exhibition at Charles Egan Gallery. Since then Martin has exhibited widely both in the US and abroad, including in France, England, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, and Germany.

Martin's work has also been included in significant group presentations, such as Some Paintings to Consider (Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, 1964), Concrete Expressionism (New York University, New York, 1965), Large Scale American Paintings (Jewish Museum, New York, 1967), the Whitney Annual (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1967 and 1972), Synthetic Realism (Gremillion & Co. Fine Art Inc., Houston, 1986), Knox Martin: A Painting Exhibition Spanning a Number of Years (Lighthouse Museum, Tequesta, Florida, 1999), Pan American Modernism: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America and the United States (Lowe Art Museum, Miami, 2013), The Masters: Art Student League Teachers and their Students (The Art Students League of New York, 2018) and most recently Knox Martin: Living Legend (Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, 2020). Martin's work is held in over 40 museums and private collections worldwide. He has received prestigious grants and awards, including most recently the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Award and the French Legion of Honor. Martin has also had a distinguished career in teaching art, including his years at Yale Graduate School of the Arts, New York University, University of Minnesota, and The Art Students League of New York. Knox Martin lives and works in New York, NY.

Text courtesy Hollis Taggart.

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Knox Martin, Garden of Time at Hollis Taggart, New York, USA Closed 6 January–5 February 2022 Knox Martin Garden of Time New York
Contemporary art exhibition, Knox Martin, Homage to Goya at Hollis Taggart, New York, USA Closed 8 July–13 August 2021 Knox Martin Homage to Goya New York

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Untitled by Knox Martin contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Knox Martin Untitled, 2017 Watercolour and graphite on paper
27.9 x 27.9 cm
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Untitled by Knox Martin contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Knox Martin Untitled Watercolour and graphite on paper
39.4 x 33 cm
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Elephant by Knox Martin contemporary artwork sculpture
Knox Martin Elephant Mixed media
53.3 x 40.6 x 71.1 cm
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Spider by Knox Martin contemporary artwork sculpture
Knox Martin Spider Mixed media
31.8 x 38.1 x 41.9 cm
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Ladybug by Knox Martin contemporary artwork sculpture
Knox Martin Ladybug Painted papier-mâché, wood, and wire
12.7 x 26.7 x 33 cm
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Untitled by Knox Martin contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Knox Martin Untitled Watercolour and graphite on paper
30.5 x 22.9 cm
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Untitled by Knox Martin contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Knox Martin Untitled Watercolour and graphite on paper
30.5 x 22.9 cm
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Untitled by Knox Martin contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, drawing
Knox Martin Untitled Watercolour and graphite on paper
34.3 x 31.1 cm
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